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DISINFEOTING' APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED June. 1912. RENEWED NOV- 11. 1918. V

1 309,029. Patentgd July 8, 1919.

I JAIIVEJQTORI Tm; COLUMBIA PLANOGIAPH-CO" WASHINGTON. D. c.

UNITED sTArEs PATENT oFFIoE.

JULIAN G. GooDHUnoF CHICAGO, lrnnrnorsnassreuoa'ro {II-IE uu vngasen UTILITIES COMPANY or ILLINOIS, or CHICAGO, rumors, oo ronATIQNoF I I oIs DIVSINFECTINGVIAVPBARATUS.V

Application filed June 6, 1912, Serial No. 7 0 1,971.

To all whom z'tmay concern: -i

Be it known that I, JULIAN G. Goonnon, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county 'of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Disinfecting Apparatus, of which the following is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification. v 7 My invention relates to disinfectingappa ratus, and has. as its-principal object the provision of special devices whereby such a system may be installed and maintained with a minimum of expense.

A further object of my invention isto promote the eificiency' of la disinfecting system.

A further. object ofmy invention resides in the particular arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described.

Referring to the accompanying drawings,

Figure l is a side elevation of my improved disinfecting system; H I I Fig. 2 is a front elevation of'the system shown inFig. 1, parts being brokenaway;

Fig. 3 is a detail view of the spraying apparatus illustrating'the arrangement of tubes;

Fig is a detailcrosssectionon theline l'l of Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a central, verticahsectional View of the parts in Fig. 4.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, l is a reservoir apparatus comprising a lowerreceptacle 2, and an upper receptacle 3. The member 2 rests on a bracket 4 and has a groove in. its bottom whichis engaged by a corresponding projection (not shown) on the upper face of the bracket. Likewise the member .3 is engaged by a bracket 5, the member 3 having a groove in its top face which engages a ridge (not shown) carried on vthe lower face of the bracket 5. Projections 66 on the members 2 and 3 indicate the position of the'grooves, the projections 6-.6 being on the inner-surfaces while the grooves are in the outerisurfaces ofjthe members 2 and 3. 'Receptacle 2 has an open top which receives the depending portion 7 of the receptacle 3. Portion 7 also has a spout or nozzle 8, the

lower edge of which determines the liquid level in. the reservoir 2 in a manner. well understood 1n the 'dlsmfectmg art.

-Specification of Letters latent.

PatentedJuly 8, .1919. renew d eir mp r 11, 191s. Serial No. 2 2,069.

Receptacle?) is provided'with groove in its rear face, through which various tubes enter the reservoirs. Tube 9 passes up through ahole in" the bracket '4, down through the groove in the; member '3 just mentioned into" the receptacle and up through the spout '8 to the upper portion ofthe receptacle 3. This'tube 9 is used for withdrawing air "from the uppe'ripart of i the receptacle 3 duringthe operation of fillingthe reservoirs with-liquid. Tube 10 also leads up through a hole in the bracket 4 into the groove in the member 3; and delivers downwardly into the receptacle 2. This tube is used for'd'elivering liquid duringthe filling operation. Tube '11 leads from the lower part of vreceptacle'i2 out through the groove previously mentioned through aspecial fitting 12 to a combined fitting andbracket' 13,'thence.into a goose neckedconduit '14, then ino a spraying or atomizing;device. The spraying devicehas a holder 15 which contains an inner glass tube 16' (see Fig. 3) which retains liquid.

delivered :by' the tube 11. This tube acts "as a siphon for deliveringliquid from there ceptacle 2 into the tube 16 of the sprayer and maintains the same levelinl6 as is in 2.

As .shown' the goose necked. conduit 14 is suspended from the member 13 which is placed on'the wall just above'a lavatorybowl or fitting 17 The bowl'l7, is provided with a flange 18 whichthe member 14 is designed to. bend around so as toleave space between the outer edge of the flange and theinner surface of the conduit. As shown in Fig. 4 also the conduitl is provided witha slot 14*, to' facilitate placing the interior tubes in proper position. I

In addition to the tube 1 1 the spraying apparatus requires, a tube 19'for delivering a blast of air. Pr eferably'tube ltl is connected with a door check and delivers a blast of air which causes aspray each time the door to which the check is applied is opened and closed. Tube 20 leads from the lower part of the receptacle 161 to the" end of-the tube 19, the tube 19 being bent 'so as to .deliverits blast: of. air mouth of the tube 20, so that whenever a blast of. air is delivered fromthe tube 19, liquid is drawn up through .the tube 20 by an aspirating action and sprayed into the holder 15 comprises two'out'er poracross the open tions 21 and 22, which are similar except that they are right and left respectively. The member 14 carries at its lower end a horizontally extending portion 23 which is open along its lower face and is hollowed out to accommodate the tubes 19 and 20. The left hand end of the portion 23 is capped over as shown at 24. Each half, 21 and 22, of the spraying device 15 is provided with a lug 25 which projects into the cap portion 24 and sustains the left hand end of the portions 21 and 22. The right hand end of the member 23 is provided with a hook shaped lug 26 while each of the members 21 and 22 has at its right hand end a lug 27. When the lugs 25 areinserted into the cap 24, as shown in Fig. 2, a screw 28 may be passed through the lugs 27 above the lower face of. the hook shaped lug 26, holding the two parts 21 and 22 firmly together and also securing them to the portion 23'. Each of the members 21 and 22 are provided with a notch 29 through which the spray may be delivered downwardly into the bowl.

It will b understood that the upper bracket member 5 has vertically depending arms as shown in Fig. 1, one on each side of the reservoir apparatus. These arms rest against the face of a wall such as 30 in Fig. 1, and in order to lead out the tube 11 along the face of the wall a notch or recess is cut in one of the arms of the member 5, while the fitting 12 is provided with lugs which engage the under edge of said recess, thus holding the pipe 11 securely in place. The special construction of the brackets, reservoirs, and of the members 12 and 13 being described and claimed in my copending application Serial No. 746,737, filed, February 5, 1913, for bracket or supporting device, these features will not be specially described or claimed herein.

The details of my arrangement for attaching pipe 14 to the fitting 13 are shown in Fig. 5. In this figure, 31 is a wedge of semi-cylindrical cross section, the part 31 being integral with a flange portion 34 which engages the grooves 35 on the interior surface of the fitting 13. A screw, 33 which fits in a notch in the flange 34 and has its head engaging the inner face of the flange, serves to force the complement wedge member 32 against the wedge 31 so that both 31 and 32 are forced against the inner surface of the pipe 14. The ipe is thus held firmly in place and may be installed with a minimum of trouble. The pipes 11 and 19 pass through the member 31 from the fitting 13 to the pipe 14, the member 31 being hollowed out to receive them.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: I

y 1. In a disinfecting system in combination, a bracket attached to a wall, a goose necked Copies of this patent may be obtained for conduit carried by said bracket having its bend in a vertical plane, and a spraying apparatus suspended'from said conduit.

2. In a disinfecting system in combination, a bent pipe or conduit having its bend mounted -'n-a substantially vertical plane, and having a horizontal portion attached to the lower end of the bend, said horizontal portion being hollowed out and open along its lower face, said horizontal portion also having a cap at one end and a hook shaped lug at the other, and two similar castings provided with projecting lugs at one/end ,for insertion into said cap and with apertured lugs at the other end and ascrew for holding together said apertured lugs and for engaging said hook shaped lug to sustain said castings in position, said castings having a depending portion containing a reservoir and spraying pipes associated with said reservoir.

' 3. In a disinfecting system, the combination of'a lavatory, bowl having a projecting flange, a bent conduit mounted above said bowl and having a portion which extends downwardly and thence inwardly toward said flange, and an atomizing device suspended from said conduit.

4. A bracket holder comprising a horizontal part and means for attaching the same detachablyto a wall, said bracket forming a conduitextending from the wall, and a downwardly extending part having its lower end provided with a T-shaped end portion and anatomizer secured to said last mentioned portion. v

5. The combination of a wall clip, a bracket holder arrangedzto be detachably secured to the'wall by said clip and having its end provided with a cross member having a socket, and an atomizer having a portion adapted to fit into said socket to detachably secure said atomizer'in position. 7

6. A bracket member 14 having a horizontal portion, and also having a curved vertically extending portion, and an atomizer suspended from said curved portion, said atomizer comprising two detachably con nected parts which when together form a hollow cylindric structure to accommodate a reservoir 16. v

7. The combination of a wall clip, a bracket holder having an end constructed to engage the clip and having its opposite end provided with an atomizer, said bracket being tubular and communicating with said atomizer. 5

In witness whereof,I hereunto subscribe my name this 22nd day of May, A. D. 1912. JULIAN GOODHUE.

lVitnesses:

A. L. Jones, 0.;M. .WnNNIoH.

five cents each, by attiresai ing the Commissioner ttz'atents, Washington, D. Q. 

